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   fabulist
         n 1: a person who tells or invents fables

English Dictionary: fabulously by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fabulous
adj
  1. extremely pleasing; "a fabulous vacation" [syn: fabulous, fab]
  2. based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity; "mythical centaurs"; "the fabulous unicorn"
    Synonym(s): fabulous, mythic, mythical, mythologic, mythological
  3. barely credible; "the fabulous endurance of a marathon runner"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fabulously
adv
  1. exceedingly; extremely; "she plays fabulously well" [syn: fabulously, fantastically, incredibly]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Fabliau \[d8]Fa`bli`au"\, n.; pl. {Fabliaux} (-[osl]"). [F.,
      fr. OF. fablel, dim. of fable a fable.] (Fr. Lit.)
      One of the metrical tales of the Trouv[8a]res, or early poets
      of the north of France.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fabulist \Fab"u*list\, n. [Cf. F. fabuliste, fr. L. fabula. See
      {Fable}.]
      One who invents or writes fables.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fabulize \Fab"u*lize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fabulized}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Fabulizing}.] [Cf. F. fabuliser. See {Fable}.]
      To invent, compose, or relate fables or fictions. --G. S.
      Faber.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fabulize \Fab"u*lize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fabulized}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Fabulizing}.] [Cf. F. fabuliser. See {Fable}.]
      To invent, compose, or relate fables or fictions. --G. S.
      Faber.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fabulize \Fab"u*lize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fabulized}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Fabulizing}.] [Cf. F. fabuliser. See {Fable}.]
      To invent, compose, or relate fables or fictions. --G. S.
      Faber.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fabulosity \Fab`u*los"i*ty\, n. [L. fabulositas: cf. F.
      fabulosit[82].]
      1. Fabulousness. [R.] --Abp. Abbot.
  
      2. A fabulous or fictitious story. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fabulous \Fab"u*lous\ (f[acr]b"[usl]*l[ucr]s), a. [L. fabulosus;
      cf. F. fabuleux. See {Fable}.]
      1. Feigned, as a story or fable; related in fable; devised;
            invented; not real; fictitious; as, a fabulous
            description; a fabulous hero.
  
                     The fabulous birth of Minerva.            --Chesterfield.
  
      2. Passing belief; exceedingly great; as, a fabulous price.
            --Macaulay.
  
      {Fabulous age}, that period in the history of a nation of
            which the only accounts are myths and unverified legends;
            as, the fabulous age of Greece and Rome. --
            {Fab"u*lous*ly}, adv. -- {Fab"u*lous*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fabulous \Fab"u*lous\ (f[acr]b"[usl]*l[ucr]s), a. [L. fabulosus;
      cf. F. fabuleux. See {Fable}.]
      1. Feigned, as a story or fable; related in fable; devised;
            invented; not real; fictitious; as, a fabulous
            description; a fabulous hero.
  
                     The fabulous birth of Minerva.            --Chesterfield.
  
      2. Passing belief; exceedingly great; as, a fabulous price.
            --Macaulay.
  
      {Fabulous age}, that period in the history of a nation of
            which the only accounts are myths and unverified legends;
            as, the fabulous age of Greece and Rome. --
            {Fab"u*lous*ly}, adv. -- {Fab"u*lous*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fabulous \Fab"u*lous\ (f[acr]b"[usl]*l[ucr]s), a. [L. fabulosus;
      cf. F. fabuleux. See {Fable}.]
      1. Feigned, as a story or fable; related in fable; devised;
            invented; not real; fictitious; as, a fabulous
            description; a fabulous hero.
  
                     The fabulous birth of Minerva.            --Chesterfield.
  
      2. Passing belief; exceedingly great; as, a fabulous price.
            --Macaulay.
  
      {Fabulous age}, that period in the history of a nation of
            which the only accounts are myths and unverified legends;
            as, the fabulous age of Greece and Rome. --
            {Fab"u*lous*ly}, adv. -- {Fab"u*lous*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fabulous \Fab"u*lous\ (f[acr]b"[usl]*l[ucr]s), a. [L. fabulosus;
      cf. F. fabuleux. See {Fable}.]
      1. Feigned, as a story or fable; related in fable; devised;
            invented; not real; fictitious; as, a fabulous
            description; a fabulous hero.
  
                     The fabulous birth of Minerva.            --Chesterfield.
  
      2. Passing belief; exceedingly great; as, a fabulous price.
            --Macaulay.
  
      {Fabulous age}, that period in the history of a nation of
            which the only accounts are myths and unverified legends;
            as, the fabulous age of Greece and Rome. --
            {Fab"u*lous*ly}, adv. -- {Fab"u*lous*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Favillous \Fa*vil"lous\, a. [L. favilla sparkling or glowing
      ashes.]
      Of or pertaining to ashes. [Obs.]
  
               Light and favillous particles.               --Sir T.
                                                                              Browne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Feeble \Fee"ble\ (f[emac]"b'l), a. [Compar. {Feebler}
      (-bl[etil]r); superl. {Feeblest} (-bl[ecr]st).] [OE. feble,
      OF. feble, flebe, floibe, floible, foible, F. faible, L.
      flebilis to be wept over, lamentable, wretched, fr. flere to
      weep. Cf. {Foible}.]
      1. Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated.
  
                     Carried all the feeble of them upon asses. --2
                                                                              Chron. xxviii.
                                                                              15.
  
      2. Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or
            expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.;
            faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion. [bd]A lady's
            feeble voice.[b8] --Shak.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Fife Lake, MI (village, FIPS 28000)
      Location: 44.57369 N, 85.35330 W
      Population (1990): 394 (225 housing units)
      Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 1.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 49633

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Fowbelsburg, MD
      Zip code(s): 21155
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